Clint and Kitty's apartment- Cincinnati, OH- Tuesday afternoon

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With school finally ending- and not that she didn't love teaching disinterested, mostly mutant junior high kids but she needed the break- Kitty's life seemed to be mostly focusing on all the planning she had to do. Her dress wasn't ready and there were still a thousand tiny decisions to be made and while she wasn't a bridezilla she was trying to get things settled before her mom found something to get upset about.

So, she was sitting on the sofa with her laptop, playing with her spreadsheet on what still needed to be done and what vendors needed to be paid. And she was not at all cheating by keeping a browser window open to see all the arrangements they were making for the House of Magnus' gala. She was curious, okay?

[As of the last post Clint, Kitty and the rest of her world are under a glamor that they have some version of their perfect life. They've never been to Fandom and don't know anyone there unless they exist in Kitty's universe. Yes, it's temporary.
Open for calls to Kitty and Clint once he pings in!]

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[so_hawkward]

When Clint first signed up for the military, he'd thought he was doing a good thing, for himself and for his family. If he'd known how much paperwork went into everything the Army did, he might have thought about his decision a little harder. He wouldn't have changed his mind, of course, but he would have been more prepared to grumble.

Thankfully, his commute wasn't too awful, but he still felt tired enough to drop everything right by the door as soon as he got in. He could pick it all up later before Kitty got too mad at him, he figured. "Hey sweetheart, what are you up to?"

[throughaphase]

"Spreadsheets and wedding payments," Kitty said, cheery about the first part only. "Rough day?"

[so_hawkward]

"Long, pointless day," Clint said, pulling off his boots before coming up next to Kitty and sinking down on the sofa next to her. "You sound way too excited about spreadsheets."

[throughaphase]

"Spreadsheets are awesome," she told him, turning the computer so he could see. "Also it's a good thing we're only getting married once because I am never doing all this again."

[so_hawkward]

"We can still elope," Clint offered, looking over the spreadsheet. "It is kind of nice to see how much family and friends we have coming though. They might kill us if there's no ceremony."

[throughaphase]

"Do you want to explain to my mother why all this," she teased, gesturing at the spreadsheet, "isn't happening? I'm not doing it. We'd have to go on the lam."

[so_hawkward]

"Barney would never forgive me either. He's awfully fond of you for some reason," Clint teased, kissing Kitty's cheek. "You don't have to do all this yourself. The guys keep saying I should let you take care of everything, but they're also all on their second or third marriage so I'm pretty sure their advice is crap."

[throughaphase]

"It is. But you don't wanna tell me that unless you want to do sooo much stuff," she warned.

[so_hawkward]

"I will do sooooo much stuff," Clint said, shifting closer. "'Cause it'll all be worth it to have a peaceful, stress-free wedding day. Okay, a peaceful, mostly non-stressed wedding day, since your mother is going to be involved."

[throughaphase]

"If it helps, she'll probably be yelling at the people who would cause us stress, because she's awesome like that," Kitty said, leaning against him. "It'll be good. We'll get a party, and nice jewelry, and I get you in a suit..."

[so_hawkward]

"Hey, I wear suits sometimes, when I have to," Clint said. He laughed and slipped his arm around Kitty's shoulders. "And I'll get you in a super fancy dress."

[throughaphase]

"Which I look great in, by the way," she told him. "You might cry."

She didn't think he'd actually cry, but.

[so_hawkward]

That got an even better laugh out of Clint. "I'd better put my makeup on carefully then, or you might not want to join me for the afterparty."

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"The afterparty's the best part," Kitty said, and paused. "Wait, does 'afterparty' mean the reception, or what comes after?"

[so_hawkward]

"Well, I meant what comes after, but I think the reception will be fun too. Oh, I should apologize far in advance for whatever Barney ends up saying in his best man speech. I've told him to be good, but I think he's going to ignore that."

[throughaphase]

"I wouldn't expect anything less," Kitty said honestly. "Especially since he's more likely to pick on you than me."

[so_hawkward]

"He's definitely going to pick on me more than you, because he knows if he picks on you I'm going to beat his ass into next week, wedding or not," Clint said, resting his head on Kitty's shoulder.

[throughaphase]

"Aww, it's almost as if you like me or something," she said, placing a hand on his knee.

[so_hawkward]

"I don't know about that. I did ask you to put up with me for good," Clint said, putting his hand over hers. "That's not always going to be a fun job."

[throughaphase]

"I knew this job was dangerous when I took it," she told him. "Or, decided to take it. We'll make it fun."

[so_hawkward]

"It'll be fun, I promise," Clint said, smiling. "I'm really glad we're doing this."

[throughaphase]

"Me too. I'm going to get to be Mrs. Barton. How cool is that?" Also, she'd get to confuse her kids with a name change in the fall! Bonus!

[so_hawkward]

"I think it's very, very cool," Clint said sincerely. "It makes me feel all kinds of embarrassing things." Clearly, the only way to deal with embarrassing emotions was to cover them with a kiss.

[throughaphase]

She kissed him back, deciding, "Clearly I need to make you feel embarrassing things more."

[so_hawkward]

"No, no, I like feeling this just fine," Clint protested, kissing her back a little harder.

[throughaphase]

"You can feel a lot more than just this, if you want, she said between kisses.

[so_hawkward]

"Mmm, maybe we should stop. I'd hate to take advantage of you before our honeymoon," Clint said, barely able to keep a straight face as he kissed Kitty's neck.

[throughaphase]

"That would be so mean," she said, shifting to give him room. "So, so mean."

[so_hawkward]

"Oh, well, I don't want to be mean or you might change your mind about marrying me. I guess I'd better be really nice instead," Clint said, carefully setting the laptop aside and grinning at Kitty.

[throughaphase]

"That might be your best idea since..." She pretended to think about it as she moved into his lap. "Since proposing, actually."